Driving Smart Home Value through Partnerships

While many service providers seek to deliver the smart home through a proprietary system, an alternative approach is to create an ecosystem of partner vendors who individually maintain relationships with the customer but enhance the value of their offerings by interoperating. By offering an integrated and tested suite of solutions, partners extend the range of possibilities for their customers without ceding their own position as product provider. Panelists discuss the advantages and opportunities of participating in a cooperative partnership.